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Online conference announcement: 'The Making of EU Copyright'

The IPKat

2021 is a momentous year for EU copyright law: it is the 30th anniversary since the adoption of the first ever copyright directive (the Software Directive 1991/250) and the 20th since the passing of the seminal InfoSoc Directive 2001/29. To celebrate the publication of Copyright in the Digital Single Market.

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[Guest post] Book review: ‘Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law: 20 Years of the IPKat’

The IPKat

The book, titled Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law. And, speaking of the book, we are happy to re-publish the review that Bill Patry (Mayer Brown) provided of it, as just published by the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.

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Should the EU unify copyright laws?

The IPKat

There, future harmonization initiatives appeared already anchored not only to an internal market-building rationale, but also to the objective of ensuring the now European Union’s overall competitiveness vis-à-vis third countries and the need to strike a fair balance between the rights and interests of different parties.

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Landmark Trademark Battles: Shaping Brand Protection Globally and in India

IP and Legal Filings

The judgment made budget retailers realize the price they must pay for imitating established brands and stressed the virtue of originality in design, even within the lower end of the market. [3] As the markets are changing all the time, so will be the understanding and application of trademark law.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law. Even so, seemingly insignificant adjustments may spell the difference between a thriving market and a collapsing one.

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IP Management in Food Industries

IP and Legal Filings

[Image Sources : Shutterstock] The Coca-Cola firm is the best illustration of how much intellectual property rights (IPRs) might be worth. billion in 2001 to USD 120 billion now. References Intellectual Property Law | Color Trademarks: What Protection Can They Have?,

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[Guest post] How a chair makes the Berne Convention wobble: CJEU to answer questions on principle of reciprocity for works of applied art

The IPKat

The second chair (‘Paris Chair’) is sold by the Dutch company Kwantum in multiple markets, including the Netherlands and Belgium. The main question in dispute is whether Vitra, which holds the rights to the Dining Sidechair, would be afforded protection in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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